, 1887-07-27

", the former 3rd member for Frederlcksted
(Kalmer1. That amendment proposed TO leave
out ell the part Of 8 8 which referred TO com
pulsory service and to substitute the follow
ing words:-"Should no reliable persons
be found, who can be prevailed upon TO
accept these appointments on the conGl-
lions 6xed in 2 8, 1st clause, then tue
Administration ia authorized to contract
with the necessary number of men for the
performance Of the duties of Corpse Inspec-
tom he did not know what might be the
views Of the government on this point, but he
thought the members who objected to com
pulsion would here find something to meet
their views, rsr
The Goveywor said that the last honora-
BILE speaker could not be aware, that the
Minority's Report could not be entertained by
the Governments. The Majority OF the
Committee had done what it could to
obviate expenses. The ~compulsion has been
made where it will be least felt and occasion
the least inconvenience. The Reform would
otherwise be very expensive. The only cases
when the Government will contract with
corpse inspectors is in outlying districts where
it will be difficult to procure competent
parties residing there.
The Chair man said that he had allowed the
discussion to take the character OF a LIST dis
cussion and would now ask honorable mem
bers to confne themselves to each clause as it
came under discussion.
He would now open the discussion on the
LIST clause of the Committee Report, ad. ! 9.
4th Member for Ch~ristiansted's Country
District Raphael would suggests postpone
ment Of the discussion. 1t might then be
possible to arrive at some neutrality-suspicious.,
as opinions were just now SO divided.
4th Member for C~hristiansted's Country
District. (HeieitO thought that the distance
of q quarter of a mile, to which the inspecting
physician was limited, was rather little.
2nd Member for Christiansted's Town
District (Lemming) said that it would be ex-
pecting too much if parties living outside OF
the prescribed limit of a quarter OF a mile
were bound to defray the travelling expenses
Of the physician, besides paying the fee.
End Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (Sritzer) could not see why the duty
of the physicians to be corpse-inspectors,
could not be extended over the whole island,
as they are the most competent, and are
besides we'll paid, or if this is not sufficient
why could not the officials who are well paid
for keeping horses and conveyance do it, as
we'll as the planters, who are already over
burdened with different duties.
and Member I for Christiansted's 81 Town
District (Leeming) thought that the honorable
Member. quite misunderstood the question.
The physicians were paid for a certain
stipulated work and it could surely not be
expected that they for the same pay should
be burdened with any additional work outside
OF their contracts.
The 1st amendment was by vote carried
by 4 against 2.
The and amendment was carried by 8
against 4.
The whole section as thus amended was
carried by vote by Q against 4.
The 3rd section was opened for discussion.
2 amendments had been proposed; one by
q majority and another by q minority.
The Chairman said that he had a formal
objection to the amendments, as he thought it
would be better to join some of the clauses
together, as it was cut up into 9 separate
clauses. He had spoken to the Speaker of
the Committee about it and he had acquiesced
in the change, which would not affect the
wording as much as the printing of the Sec
ton, which was the question.
The majority's proposal as amended by
the Chairman reads thus:
IA ad s 3.
This paragraph to read as follows: ''The
necessary number of Corpse Inspectors in the
country shall be appointed thus, that each
of the Jurisdictions shall be divided. accord
ing to the further decision of the Government,
into a suitable number of smaller districts,
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